Donald Glover is one of the busiest artists in Hollywood right now, but he found time to make a Star Wars movie starring Lando Calrissian that was born A Disney+ series that was announced to be scrapped years ago.
We learned about the project’s shift last year, though Disney and Lucasfilm’s most pressing film plans for the series include a The Mandalorian vs. Grogu movie, a Rey-centric The Ninth sequel, and a “Dawn of the Jedi” type epic, but there are more dramatic projects circulating. Most of them likely won’t see the light of day, but it seems likely that Glover will be working on a Lando movie sooner or later.
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While talking to The Hollywood Reporter about his career and the Mr. and Mrs. Smith Prime Video series he co-stars with Maya Erskine, he was asked why and how he got approached about the long-running Lando spinoff, and his answer was no As simple or timid as you imagine. “I said yes because I love the characters and my kids love Star Wars,” Glover said. “I felt like I had enough control. Maybe you get painted as a control freak, but it’s like , yes, control can bring about a single vision. If the vision is single, people will want it more.”
Glover’s full answer is fascinating because he explains very clearly why many franchises (not just Star Wars) TV shows and movies fail to wow audiences. Later in the game, one expects a unique perspective, or at least a refreshing take on well-known stories and characters. Anything less is quickly discarded and forgotten.
Glover’s Lando Calrissian was one of the highlights of Solo: A Star Wars Story, so when Disney and Lucasfilm announced more live-action Lando adventures were coming, fans were Not 100% surprised. While the film’s meager box office performance was a disappointment to the studio and its parent company, it has become widely beloved in many circles of Star Wars fandom over the years due to its simple and truly swashbuckling nature. In retrospect, the second Star Wars spinoff is considered the victim of a poor marketing campaign and was placed alongside blockbusters like Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2 in the spring of 2018.
Would a low-stakes Lando adventure have enough momentum to justify an entire Star Wars movie? Probably not, but if Donald and Stephen Glover are allowed to put their own spin on the concept, we might get another installment that feels personal rather than market-tested and then back. It’s been a while since we last had something like this!
